Improvement in fence



dni-tiedl tant ijatwt @Mire TIMOTHY OOFFIELD, OF NATRONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 101,351, dated March 29, 1870.

, IMPROVEMENT IN FENCE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

being had to the Iaccompanying drawings and to thek letters of reference marked thereon. The nature of my invention consists in constructing an ordinary board fence by securing therails iirmly together and iu position through the medium of strips,

bolts, and braces, which are so arranged with relation to the rails as to answer as a substitute for posts.

To enable others skilled in the art to makeand use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form partof my specification- Figure 1 is a perspective view of' my improvement in fence.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a vertical and transverse section of' the fence, when cut through at line 'y ot' iig. 2.

In the accompanying drawings-,-

A and A' represent ordinary posts of a fence, and are provided with recesses t' for receiving the rails 3, 4, 5, and 6, which are secured and held in the recesses byI means of screw-bolts 2.

The rails 3, 4, 5, and 6 are secured and held rmly in' position and, together by means of strips B O D and braces e, which are bound together and on the ,rails through the mediumofl the screw-bolts 2.

The lower ends of the'braces e are secured 'to pins f by means of bolts.

1 represents t-he cap of the top rails.

In securing the rails in position, the joints should be broke, that is to say, the ends of rails 3 and 6 should come between the strips G, and the rails 4 between strips B, and rails 5 between strips D.

By this or a similar arrangement of breaking the joints at the ends of the rails, and having the joints in between the strips B, C, and D, it will make the fence stronger and stiffer.

The fence may be constructed by placing the strips B, O, and D on only one side of the rails, and thereby make a very desirable and strong fence which will bc well adapted for division fences and forv uneven ground, but the fence, when constructed as hereiubefore described, and as represented in the accompanying drawings, will be found to be stronger, firmer, and the most desirable.

In setting up the fence the pins are driven into the ground before they are bolted to the braces e, and may be driven into the ground at anyv angle desired.

A fence constructed as hereiubefore described will be found to be strong, stili', and cheap, well adapted to all farm purposes, and handsome in appearance, and as a portable fence cannot be excelled.

It can be taken down and set up with ease and fai cility,'and the most unskillful can construct it, and the cost of posts and the trouble of settingthern may be entirely avoided, thereby saving to the farmer time, labor, and money.

I wish it clearly understood that I do not claim the rails, post-s, strips, braces, or bolts broadly, nor do I and-through the medium of screw-bolts, as herein de-4 scribed, and for the purpose set kforth.

TIMOTHY OOFFIELD.

Witnesses A. G. J oHNsToN,

J As. G. THOMPSON. 

